Pierre Poilievre has truly put the “con” back in Conservative. In his latest incarnation, Pierre is the peacemaking co-operative consensus building pure-hearted politician who just wants to help the Liberals make life more affordable for everyday hard working Canadians. Gee whiz, claim Pierre and Party, it’s the Liberals who have been slowing things down in Parliament.

Except it’s not.

I went on a fact-checking spree while reviewing some of Mr. Poilievre’s latest claims to the media, and ran an AI Google search on him. Here’s what “no-bias” AI has to say about him:

“AI Overview:

Fact-checking of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s attacks on the Liberal government record indicates a pattern of mixing accurate criticisms of Liberal policies with exaggeration, misrepresentation of context, and misleading data. While Poilievre has correctly highlighted high inflation and housing shortages, his specific claims regarding the causes and scale of these issues are frequently disputed by independent fact-checkers.”

Ah … exaggeration, misrepresentation of context, and misleading data. That sounds more like the Pierre we know and loathe. With his approval rating going nowhere quickly, Mr. Poilievre had to shift gears, lose the snarky, create-a-crisis rhetoric, and present an image of the guy who’s going to help Make Canada Great Again.

Observe his con-artist logic. After months of their negative media attacks, delay tactics and obstruction of Liberal bills and policies that would have moved the Government’s agenda forward for Canada, the Conservative Party suddenly casts a unanimous vote in favour of fast-tracking Liberal Bill C-19.

That Bill just happens to address affordability issues for low-income Canadians. Affordability just happens to be the major sound byte in Mr. Poilievre’s media spiels.

Can’t let the Liberals take credit for that, so spin the event. Affordability has come to Canada NOT because of a Liberal Bill, but because the Conservative Party cares about Canadians. Yep the Conservative Party cared enough to get out of the way and let the Bill pass!

Consider the timing of this change of heart. On January 31, 2026 Pierre Poilievre receives a resounding vote of confidence from the 2500 Conservative delegates at the leadership convention. Two days later on February 2, 2026. The Party votes to support the Liberal Bill. Coincidence? Not at all. It was a deliberately calculated move to portray the renewed leader as a captain for Team Canada. Would it be enough to cover “Poilievre’s attack-dog style, his strained relationship with much of the national media, and his perceived alignment with American populism, particularly Donald Trump?” *

Mr. Poilievre claimed, “with humility” that the Conservative Party could save Canada if only the Liberals would “work with us to fast-track results for an affordable, safe, self-reliant Canada.” Sorry Pierre, but it’s the other way around. The tail is not wagging the dog. The Conservative Party needs to work cooperatively as a constructive part of the Canadian Government as you promised after your resounding personal defeat in the last election. If we watch that little puckered mouth closely, we realize it’s pushing out the same old el-toro-pooh-pooh that it always has.

Mr. Poilievre, your new disguise is a clever way to try and stop you from flatlining, but we’re not buying the con. The reality is, that if you and your Party had started cooperating with the government immediately after the last election we’d be well on our way to a more affordable, safe and self-reliant Canada. The way I see it.

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* Photo from CBC

*Quote from The Conversation, February 1, 2026